Docherty: We’ve bounced back from final

The Dons suffered their third successive final loss to Brendan Rodgers’ side with Ryan Christie’s firsthalf strike enough to keep the trophy at Parkhead.

Afterwards Aberdeen retreated to their hotel on the outskirts of Glasgow to get ready for their Ladbrokes Premiership clash with leaders Rangers at Ibrox tonight.

Docherty, pictured, who revealed winger Gary Mackay-steven was sent home on Monday as he continues to recover from the concussion he suffered when he clashed heads with Celtic defender Dedryck Boyata, insists spirit in the camp is “very good” as they look to get back on track against Rangers. He said: “We have just lost a cup final but you wouldn’t know it, speaking to the boys and seeing how the boys are around the hotel, there is a real positivity.

“There is a disappointment losing a cup final, of course there is.

“We have stayed togeth- er as a group since the final whistle, we have done everything together.

“We dealt with the disappointment but we have focused on the positivity of how good the performance level was and I think that is important and the boys realise that.

“That process started straight after the game.

“On Monday we recovered, trained and prepared for this game and there is a real good feeling about them because I think they realise that the performance level against most teams in this league will win a lot of games.